ThestoryhappenedduringtheSecondWorldWar.RickworkedforAmericanIntelligenceAgency[1]inParis.OnedayhemetwithIlsainParis.Theysoonfellinloveandplannedtomarry.However,withtheGerman'smarchintoParis,theyhadtogiveuptheplanandwishedtogettoMarseillesbytrainandmarriedthere.Butjustbeforetheleavingbytrain,RickreceivedaletterfromIlsa,sayingthatshecouldn'tgowithhim.SohehadtopassthroughmanyplacestoCasablancaandrunsaCafe[2]there.Onenight,hemetIlsaathisCafe,whoescapedwithherhusbandtoCasablanca.TheyhopedtoobtainexitvisashereandescapedtotheNewWorldAtfirst,Rickcan'tforgivethatIlsa'sgonebackon[3]herword.Atfirstherefusestohelpthemgettheexitvisas.LearningthisIlsadeterminestogoalonetoseeRick.